Who do you think has the higher ratings?
Having an argument with Crowd Goes Wild host Andrew Mulligan on Twitter and he reckons Breakers are higher. Made a comment based on SKY promoting the A-League and they should be promoting NBL instead. His reason is the flawed Nielsen TV Ratings which has a sample of 500 homes.
Get amongst it!
Having an argument with Crowd Goes Wild host Andrew Mulligan on Twitter and he reckons Breakers are higher. Made a comment based on SKY promoting the A-League and they should be promoting NBL instead. His reason is the flawed Nielsen TV Ratings which has a sample of 500 homes.
Get amongst it!
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Has he got a facebook?
"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
Genuine opinion: FTFFA
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If we bought the best players in the league while nearly every other side in the league (and the league) collapsed we'd be run away winners and have a 'huge' audience as well.
In the grand scheme of things, who cares?
Hard News2011-03-01 22:51:18
In the grand scheme of things, who cares?
Hard News2011-03-01 22:51:18
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An American crap game. 
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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Yeah basket ball is sh*t. A bit like that frisby game.
Fuck this stupid game
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Not whiff whaff?
"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
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An American crap game.
A what now? We're not talking baseball here... B'balls a huge global game, massive in europe, asia, south america, miles bigger than rugby.
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I replied to him also - said something to the effect of how about embracing both sports instead of trying to start a childish code war..
It's just because he commentates breakers games ffs
It's just because he commentates breakers games ffs
a.haak
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I had never even seen his "passion" for basketball before he started commentating them anyway.
Lets face it the Breakers bandwagon is matched only by the Warriors'
Lets face it the Breakers bandwagon is matched only by the Warriors'
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Nah he's always loved basketball. Bit of an American sports geek I believe.
Allegedly
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Fair enough then. I do find watching the Breakers a bit like watching lower grade extreme sports - no one can really do anything.
Edit: But I suppose I'm just as bad as the Phoenix haters.20 legend2011-03-02 00:22:16
Edit: But I suppose I'm just as bad as the Phoenix haters.20 legend2011-03-02 00:22:16
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The most recent breakers game rated ever so slightly higher than the Nix Adelaide playoff. Just though.
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and that was a Regular Breakers game vs playoff nix game.
Stands to reason that a regular Breakers game would rate a lot higher than a regular nix game then.
Allegedly
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Question re the ratings.Do the Breakers games still go free-to-air live on the Maori channel as well as Sky and if so, is it a fair comparison? The Nix games have no free-to-air outlet.
Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!
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And was the Breakers game at home?
Plus are these ratings taken from the Nielsen rating system which has a sample of just 500 homes mostly in Auckland?
Plus are these ratings taken from the Nielsen rating system which has a sample of just 500 homes mostly in Auckland?
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Have never really understood the attraction of b'ball (played both sports as a yoof). 10 sweaty men bouncing their ball on a small court. Doesn't give me much joy as a spectator.
Whiff Whaff on the other hand is great as a spectator sport.
"Phoenix till they lose"
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Have never really understood the attraction of b'ball (played both sports as a yoof). 10 sweaty men bouncing their ball on a small court. Doesn't give me much joy as a spectator.
Football is just 22 sweaty men kicking a ball on grass.Whiff Whaff on the other hand is great as a spectator sport.
Allegedly
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But they don't have annoying squeaks and hammond organ music
"Phoenix till they lose"
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Tell that muppet Andrew Mulligan he is piss poor on the sidelines.
Matt Gunn made listening to Breaker games fun.
Matt Gunn made listening to Breaker games fun.
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I don't listen/see much sports on radio/tv (no sky and only watch Nix away games and occasional other A-League or Spurs/Toon games on the net).
But I reckon the Piney & Chotey show is the best commentating this side of somewhere very far away.
"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
Genuine opinion: FTFFA
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I don't listen/see much sports on radio/tv (no sky and only watch Nix away games and occasional other A-League or Spurs/Toon games on the net).
But I reckon the Piney & Chotey show is the best commentating this side of somewhere very far away.
QFT.
Basketball. Squeak, squeak, score, bore. Repeat 100 times. But best of luck Breakers, would be quite 
to finally see a NZ team win an Aussie comp.
to finally see a NZ team win an Aussie comp.
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This forum is such a joke. Whenever someone says anything even slightly against the Phoenix or football everyone turns on them and attacks.
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Everyone?
This forum has 6,000 members and maybe 10 have 'attacked'.
This forum has 6,000 members and maybe 10 have 'attacked'.
It's a football forum, there is a reasonable chance that some football fans won't enjoy another sport. Based on the Halberg uproar there are thousands of Rugby fans that way inclined.
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Basketball:tall people showing off.
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Everyone?
This forum has 6,000 members and maybe�10 have 'attacked'.
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It's a football forum, there is a reasonable chance that some football fans won't enjoy another sport.� Based on the Halberg uproar there are thousands of Rugby fans that way inclined.
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IMO the uproar from the Halberg's made some sense, not that I agree with it.
But people dissing on basketball because Mulligan says they get higher ratings? So what if they do? Doesn't mean the sport is rubbish.
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Everyone?
This forum has 6,000 members and maybe 10 have 'attacked'.
This forum has 6,000 members and maybe 10 have 'attacked'.
It's a football forum, there is a reasonable chance that some football fans won't enjoy another sport. Based on the Halberg uproar there are thousands of Rugby fans that way inclined.
6,000 members?
Arf!
That number is less legit that an election in Zimbabwe.
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Hey all those 6000 voted at least twice in the awards polls.
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Wow HN, that means there's actually 12,000 YF members who want to break Marco's legs. This is worse than I thought. terminator_x2011-03-02 17:16:35
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Back on topic, how many of those people watching the Breakers are actually just fans of highly lacquered dark wood parquet flooring?
terminator_x2011-03-02 17:20:12
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The biggest problem with basketball is what happens when a couple of guys, who are up to no good, start making trouble in your neighbourhood. You don't even want to know what happens if you get into one little fight.
Ramming liberal dribble down your throat since 2009
This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads
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Everyone?
This forum has 6,000 members and maybe 10 have 'attacked'.
It's a football forum, there is a reasonable chance that some football fans won't enjoy another sport. Based on the Halberg uproar there are thousands of Rugby fans that way inclined.
IMO the uproar from the Halberg's made some sense, not that I agree with it.
But people dissing on basketball because Mulligan says they get higher ratings? So what if they do? Doesn't mean the sport is rubbish.
No, the sport itself does.
I like tautologies because I like them.
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Back on topic, how many of those people watching the Breakers are actually just fans of highly lacquered dark wood parquet flooring?
I love how basketball is a sport for people all shapes and sizes
I like tautologies because I like them.
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